The problem is of course exacerbated by Windows' stubborn insistence that extension === file type.
Actually this is the main reason why the mime_header_checks solution above actually works. You can only distribute Windows viruses with executable extensions.
Now, if I'm sending a file to a colleague and I'm afraid of which extension to use, I would just use no extension at all, and indicate verbally the file type, if the sender is too lazy to use the file command once or twice.
The bad thing about the postfix solution is that it's not a complete solution. However, I used it yesterday morning, after getting like 50 emails per minute, and it was very effective.
maybe because they're tired of running half of the DNS system for free?
Are you serious? You think God came down from High and forced Verisign to do this, as if Verisign doesn't have a choice? I don't get the "for free" part either.
Borrowing a friend's original copy of a CD (or borrowing an original copy from the library) and then making a copy of it seems to be legal in Canada, but not in the U.S.
O.k. I suspected the laws were different. However, if a person allowed an unlimited number of people to make copies of his original, this would be against the spirit of the law ("private copy"). I mean, you could go to a mall with a CD burner and let people burn their own copies of your entire CD collection, for instance.
If it's true that they want to use such a site as a vehicle for alumni donations, why not try to help them? If you liked the school, you're probably not opposed to improving it, no? Just ask them what they would like, and see if you can accomodate their wishes. If they refuse to talk, just ignore them, and your site will be much more popular than theirs.
The amendment to the Act legalized copying of sound recordings of musical works onto audio recording media for the private use of the person who makes the copy (referred to as "private copying"). In addition, the amendment made provision for the imposition of a levy on blank audio recording media to compensate authors, performers and makers who own copyright in eligible sound recordings being copied for private use.
Looks the same as fair use in the U.S.A. Moreover, the author of this article says that the DMCA is what makes file sharing illegal in the U.S.A. This isn't true, and probably hints at the level of understanding the author has of the situation. Unfortunately, people are going to start believing this. The author could be sued.
What I am most upset about is that Theo has not seen fit to send out any sort of official announcement to the various operating system vendor security teams -- or to anyone else
Actually, it's written in Java. However when people discuss the code, they translate it to C because most people can speak C. It's kinda like Latin, ya know.
It may be worth it if they take up less space. PCs usually have a big box plus big monitor. The dumb terminal I used for six years in school was a one piece thing (plus keyboard) that took up about a much space as a 19" LCD monitor.
But a p4 2.53 GHz requires a CPU fan that's loud as hell. The Trasmeta probably doesn't. However, your point is made-- you can assemble something equivalent for half the cost.
In Knoppix, you get to choose the window manager at boot, and there are more options than just KDE. Some of us don't even use KDE, if that's believable.
It was written because Darren Reed changed the license of ipf to something Theo (of OpenBSD) didn't agree with.
Actually it wasn't just Theo, it was OpenBSD that didn't agree with the license, which, in its clarification, did not allow modified versions to be distributed. I use "clarification" because Reed claimed the license didn't change, but that he only allowed peple to use the software, not revise and distribute it.
Only two desktops? You speak as if KDE and Gnome are gonna have a celebrity deathmatch sometime in the near future. Actually, you're right. And during this fight, Fluxbox will jump in and stomp all over them both, and then we'll FINALLY have a single "desktop".
Some phone companies in the United States actually offer the option to pay a fee for each local call, instead of a flat rate.. At least this was the case for the phone company in Nashville, TN (propbably BellSouth now) when I was in college in the 1990s. It was only cheaper if you made just a few calls a day.
Sounds right to me. They're probably doing this so that the RedHat suit will get dismissed. The same thing happened with the college prof (Princeton?) who sued the RIAA (MPAA?) over thinly veiled DMCA threats, but the judge dismissed the case.
I guess you feel that Insightful mod increased your street cred. It was a mistake. Your 15 minutes is almost over. Enjoy it while it lasts.
Ah yes, another posting from the "if you don't care about the exact feature set I like you're an artless dweeb" crowd is posted.
Like, ummm, no. I was responding to another posting from the "Linux GUI = KDE or GNOME. KDE/GNOME copies Windows. Therefore the LINUX GUI is stagnant" crowd.
I don't think the tool I use is better (for everyone). But you clearly think it's worse. However, you don't even realize it exists, and make lame generalizations about it. This is highly unfortunate.
Normally I don't cuss here, but why the hell was this modded "Insightful"?????
But in reality, the Linux desktops are stagnant.
This is bullshit! Maybe you have evidence that KDE and Gnome are stagnant. I wouldn't know because I use neither.
Perhaps if somebody would actually offer a BETTER desktop than Windows... But that would require innovation...
Clearly you don't use Linux regularly. And obvously you've never used Fluxbox because it would make your head EXPLODE! There is no comparison, dude. Fluxbox stomps all over Windows XP or whatever it is that you use. There is no comparison-- it is not even close. But what about "drag and drop" and this and that lame-ass useless feature these artless dweebs in the media are whining about? Who cares? If you want Windows features, then dammit, use XP! Back to work...
Interesting. I have three hard drives, and vanilla kernels 2.4.21 and 2.4.22 only recognize the first one. 2.4.20 works just fine, though. I wonder what has changed.
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The problem is of course exacerbated by Windows' stubborn insistence that extension === file type.
Actually this is the main reason why the mime_header_checks solution above actually works. You can only distribute Windows viruses with executable extensions.
Now, if I'm sending a file to a colleague and I'm afraid of which extension to use, I would just use no extension at all, and indicate verbally the file type, if the sender is too lazy to use the file command once or twice.
The bad thing about the postfix solution is that it's not a complete solution. However, I used it yesterday morning, after getting like 50 emails per minute, and it was very effective.
maybe because they're tired of running half of the DNS system for free?
Are you serious? You think God came down from High and forced Verisign to do this, as if Verisign doesn't have a choice? I don't get the "for free" part either.
Borrowing a friend's original copy of a CD (or borrowing an original copy from the library) and then making a copy of it seems to be legal in Canada, but not in the U.S.
O.k. I suspected the laws were different. However, if a person allowed an unlimited number of people to make copies of his original, this would be against the spirit of the law ("private copy"). I mean, you could go to a mall with a CD burner and let people burn their own copies of your entire CD collection, for instance.
If it's true that they want to use such a site as a vehicle for alumni donations, why not try to help them? If you liked the school, you're probably not opposed to improving it, no? Just ask them what they would like, and see if you can accomodate their wishes. If they refuse to talk, just ignore them, and your site will be much more popular than theirs.
The amendment to the Act legalized copying of sound recordings of musical works onto audio recording media for the private use of the person who makes the copy (referred to as "private copying"). In addition, the amendment made provision for the imposition of a levy on blank audio recording media to compensate authors, performers and makers who own copyright in eligible sound recordings being copied for private use.
Looks the same as fair use in the U.S.A. Moreover, the author of this article says that the DMCA is what makes file sharing illegal in the U.S.A. This isn't true, and probably hints at the level of understanding the author has of the situation. Unfortunately, people are going to start believing this. The author could be sued.
What I am most upset about is that Theo has not seen fit to send out any sort of official announcement to the various operating system vendor security teams -- or to anyone else
This isn't true.
Actually, it's written in Java. However when people discuss the code, they translate it to C because most people can speak C. It's kinda like Latin, ya know.
A new version is already available from the obenbsd.org site: openssh-3.7p1.tar.gz
It may be worth it if they take up less space. PCs usually have a big box plus big monitor. The dumb terminal I used for six years in school was a one piece thing (plus keyboard) that took up about a much space as a 19" LCD monitor.
But a p4 2.53 GHz requires a CPU fan that's loud as hell. The Trasmeta probably doesn't. However, your point is made-- you can assemble something equivalent for half the cost.
Is it possible to do something similar in Linux?
Yeah, but we have to wait until our SCO insider funnels us the code.
I'm asking this question because I want to code in mono / DotGnu but I'm cautious because I wonder if MS can take it away from us?"
Yes, MS can take it away from you, but you know this already. Why not just code in
In Knoppix, you get to choose the window manager at boot, and there are more options than just KDE. Some of us don't even use KDE, if that's believable.
I think Americans got tired of pressing the "(" character for the "=" character on the boot options line, hence the fork.
It was written because Darren Reed changed the license of ipf to something Theo (of OpenBSD) didn't agree with.
Actually it wasn't just Theo, it was OpenBSD that didn't agree with the license, which, in its clarification, did not allow modified versions to be distributed. I use "clarification" because Reed claimed the license didn't change, but that he only allowed peple to use the software, not revise and distribute it.
Only two desktops? You speak as if KDE and Gnome are gonna have a celebrity deathmatch sometime in the near future. Actually, you're right. And during this fight, Fluxbox will jump in and stomp all over them both, and then we'll FINALLY have a single "desktop".
This sounds interesting. Can you define any sequence of keystrokes to do anything, like in fluxbox, and can it do it just as fast?
So if the "Ancient Unix Code" is still available and its license permits, we can do the comparisons today.
Some phone companies in the United States actually offer the option to pay a fee for each local call, instead of a flat rate.. At least this was the case for the phone company in Nashville, TN (propbably BellSouth now) when I was in college in the 1990s. It was only cheaper if you made just a few calls a day.
Are the speeds so slow because the infrastructure hasn't been built, or because you guys are being scammed?
Sounds right to me. They're probably doing this so that the RedHat suit will get dismissed. The same thing happened with the college prof (Princeton?) who sued the RIAA (MPAA?) over thinly veiled DMCA threats, but the judge dismissed the case.
I guess you feel that Insightful mod increased your street cred. It was a mistake. Your 15 minutes is almost over. Enjoy it while it lasts.
Ah yes, another posting from the "if you don't care about the exact feature set I like you're an artless dweeb" crowd is posted.
Like, ummm, no. I was responding to another posting from the "Linux GUI = KDE or GNOME. KDE/GNOME copies Windows. Therefore the LINUX GUI is stagnant" crowd.
I don't think the tool I use is better (for everyone). But you clearly think it's worse. However, you don't even realize it exists, and make lame generalizations about it. This is highly unfortunate.
Normally I don't cuss here, but why the hell was this modded "Insightful"?????
But in reality, the Linux desktops are stagnant.
This is bullshit! Maybe you have evidence that KDE and Gnome are stagnant. I wouldn't know because I use neither.
Perhaps if somebody would actually offer a BETTER desktop than Windows... But that would require innovation...
Clearly you don't use Linux regularly. And obvously you've never used Fluxbox because it would make your head EXPLODE! There is no comparison, dude. Fluxbox stomps all over Windows XP or whatever it is that you use. There is no comparison-- it is not even close. But what about "drag and drop" and this and that lame-ass useless feature these artless dweebs in the media are whining about? Who cares? If you want Windows features, then dammit, use XP! Back to work...
If Linux indeed has code stolen from SCO then shouldn't SCO's OS be just as good?
No. Linus has "embraced and extended" the SCO code
Interesting. I have three hard drives, and vanilla kernels 2.4.21 and 2.4.22 only recognize the first one. 2.4.20 works just fine, though. I wonder what has changed.